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Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRANS-NEROLIDOL | 0 | Rhizome | 5.0 | 350.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-NEROLIDOL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | 5.0 | 7000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-OCTEN-2-AL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-OCTEN-2-AL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-ROSE-OXIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICYCLENE | 0 | Rhizome | 2.0 | 115.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICYCLENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 2300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Rhizome | 120.0 | 693.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Root | 120.0 | 693.0 | -0.49 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Rhizome | 200.0 | 1122.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Root | 200.0 | 1122.0 | -1.43 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| UNDECAN-2-OL | 0 | Rhizome | 1.0 | 25.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| UNDECAN-2-OL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECAN-2-ONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECAN-2-ONE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URIDINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 11.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Rhizome | 730.0 | 4202.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Root | 730.0 | 4202.0 | 0.08 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VALINE | 3 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antistaphylococcic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistreptococcic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 2 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antisunburn | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 6 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antitachycardic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithiamin | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithrombic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithrombotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithromboxane | 4 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87. |
| Antithyreotropic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Antithyroid | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| AntiTNF | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiTourette's | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antitriglyceride | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitrypanosomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |